City Of Angels Soundtrack CD

Original score composed by Gabriel Yared.
Soundtrack compilation producer: Danny Bramson.
All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.
"Iris" was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. "Uninvited" won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song, and was nominated for Best Song Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television. "City Of Angels" was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television.
Personnel: Johnny Rzeznik (vocals, guitar); Jude Christodal (vocals, acoustic guitar); Carys Lane, Alanis Morissette (vocals); David Rhodes (guitar); Carlos Bonnell, Dario Rossetti Bonell, Rob Cavallo, Nick Lashley (acoustic guitar); Clif Magness (electric guitar); Tim Pierce (mandolin); Rolf Wilson, Kenneth Sillito (violin); Jamie Muhoberac (piano, keyboards); Damir Prcic, Paul Kimble (chamberlin); Peter Gabriel (keyboards, programming, sampler); Bill Sewell (upright bass); Gary Novak, Mike Malinin (drums, percussion); Manu Katche, Brian MacLeod (drums); Dominique Mahut, Will White (percussion); Alan Jenkins, Dave Lawson, Dickie Chappell, Georges Rodi, Kirsty Whalley, Alex Swift, Carmen Rizzo (programming).
Audio Mixers: Howie B; Jack Joseph Puig; James Barton ; Mark "Spike" Stent; Allen Sides; Pierre Marchand; Roger Moutenot; Steve Osborne.
Director: Jennie O'Grady.
Call it a soundtrack producer's dream. One of the most vital and influential bands in modern-day music cuts a song entitled "If God Will Send His Angels" just months before you are hired to put together a soundtrack for a movie entitled City of Angels. The band is U2, and their song not only opens the City of Angels soundtrack, but it is also the anchor of a group of tracks that narrowly escapes the sappy trail that the movie blazed when it hit theatres. In all actuality, the soundtrack sounds much too dark, menacing and legitimate to be attached to the film. Alanis Morissette assures the direction of the album when she follows U2's less-than-perky offering with "Uninvited," which is nothing if not vintage Alanis. From there...Jimi Hendrix comes in with "Red House." It is still amazing to this day how the sounds of Hendrix on the guitar could be so many things all at the same time -- soothing, moving, eerie, and untouchable...As popular belief would tell you, the movie is rarely better than the book. While the same has not been proven conclusively in the relationship of movies and their soundtracks, be assured that City of Angels is much better to listen to than to watch. ~ David M. Childers
Call it a soundtrack producer's dream. One of the most vital and influential bands in modern-day music cuts a song entitled "If God Will Send His Angels" just months before you are hired to put together a soundtrack for a movie entitled City of Angels. The band is U2, and their song not only opens the City of Angels soundtrack, but it is also the anchor of a group of tracks that narrowly escapes the sappy trail that the movie blazed when it hit theaters. In all actuality, the soundtrack sounds much too dark, menacing, and legitimate to be attached to the film. Alanis Morissette assures the direction of the album when she follows U2's less-than-perky offering with "Uninvited," which is nothing if not vintage Alanis. From there on the quality drops off somewhat, but not until after Jimi Hendrix comes in with "Red House." It's still amazing to this day how the sounds of Hendrix on the guitar could be so many things all at the same time -- soothing, moving, eerie, and untouchable. In what amounts to the same effect as pulling the emergency brake while traveling down the highway, the producers followed up Hendrix with one of music's most overrated commodities: Paula Cole. As popular belief would tell you, the movie is rarely better than the book. While the same has not bee